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The 2050s: 2050–2059
2050–2059 · worldwide, all places
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Pre-crime cops, Martian colonies and Neo-Tokyo bikers fill the catalogue's 2050s, from Minority Report to Akira. No history here yet - just storytellers staging the same trial: what happens when systems that promise safety start deciding who is guilty. Open the 2050s on the StoryTerra map and explore its stories by place.
10 famous stories set in the 2050s
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Browse 13 books, 20 movies, 1 TV show and 5 games set in the 2050s (2050–2059).
Minority Report
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
In a Mars base the inhabitants are being infected by a mysterious water creature which takes over its victims. The Doctor is thrust into the middle of this catastrophe knowing a larger one is waiting around the corner.
Akira, Vol. 3
In the 21st century, the glittering Neo-Tokyo has risen from the rubble of a Tokyo destroyed by an apocalyptic telekinetic blast from a young boy called Akira -- the subject of a covert government experiment gone wrong…
Lost in Space
The prospects for continuing life on Earth in the year 2058 are grim. So the Robinsons are launched into space to colonize Alpha Prime the only other inhabitable planet in the galaxy. But when a stowaway sabotages the…
Repo! The Genetic Opera
By the year 2056 an epidemic of organ failures has devastated the planet. The megacorporation GeneCo provides organ transplants on a payment plan - and those who can’t fulfill their plans have their organs repossessed.…
Renaissance
To find Ilona and unlock the secrets of her disappearance Karas must plunge deep into the parallel worlds of corporate espionage organized crime and genetic research - where the truth imprisons whoever finds it first…
Julia(s)
Paris 2052. Julia 80 years old had a fulfilled life. On her birthday she reflects on the decisions and circumstances that could have led her on different paths. From the age of 17 to this day her life was full of small…
God Eater
In the early 2050s, unknown life forms called “Oracle cells” begin their uncontrolled consumption of all life on Earth. Their ravenous appetite and remarkable adaptability earn them first dread, then awe, and finally…
Glory in Death
It is 2058, New York City. In a world where technology can reveal the darkest of secrets, there's only one place to hide a crime of passion-in the heart. Even in the mid-twenty-first century, during a time when genetic…
Imitation in Death
Summer, 2059. A man wearing a cape and a top hat approaches a prostitute on a dark, New York City street. Minutes later, the woman is dead. Left at the scene is a letter addressed to Lieutenant Eve Dallas, inviting her…
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